Ricerc@Sapienza

The Italian Archaeological Mission in Iraqi Kurdistan (MAIKI) of Sapienza University of Rome aims to study thehistorical, linguistic and cultural development of the Kurdish region. MAIKI activities are focused on the study of the archaeological stratigraphy of the Erbil Citadel and the Sasanian monument of Paikuli and its surroundings. The present article introduces the MAIKI research projects in these sites, themethodologies, themain problems and thepreliminary results obtained so far.

This paper is dedicated to the memory of Palmira Cipriano, Professor of Linguistics in Rome University 'La Sapienza'; it is a brief sketch of her scientific profile and her investigations concerning philological and linguistic issues in Iranian, Classical and Romance studies.